Why is my logic flawed when trying to find two numbers with a difference of 11?

[ehrenfest]

1. Homework Statement
http://math.stanford.edu/~vakil/putnam07/07putnam1.pdf
I am working on number 6.

Consider the the ordered pairs (1,12),(2,13),...,(89,100). There are 89 of them. These are the pigeon holes.

There are 55 numbers between 1 to 100 and each of them flies to one or two pigeon holes. So split all of the pigeons not equal to 1 and 100 in half to get at least 108 pigeons. Then we have 108 pigeons flying to 89 holes. So there must be two numbers that differ by 11.

What is wrong with my logic?


2. Homework Equations



3. The Attempt at a Solution

 

[Hurkyl]

So split all of the pigeons not equal to 1 and 100 in half to get at least 108 pigeons.

Why?

 

[ehrenfest]

Because every integer except 1 and 100 is in exactly 2 of the order pairs.

 

[Hurkyl]

But that's not true.

 

[ehrenfest]

Oh. So I need to exclude 1 to 11 and 90 to 100 which makes 22 numbers, right? So we have at least 55*2 - 22 = 88 numbers going to 89 pigeonholes, so they can fit each fit in a different one and even leave 1 open.

But in the case of 10 you have more pigeons than pigeonholes.

I am not sure about 12, though...